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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

12 Signs You're Married to a Beauty & Perfume Blogger

We all know that my long-suffering husband has come a very long way. Most spouses of beauty and/or perfume lovers learn to recognize colors like taupe or mauve, gain new relatives like Uncle Serge, and are sometimes go on a hunt for a much-coveted yet elusive palette or highlighter that is rumored to still be available at a distant Sephora. When said obsessive person also blogs about beauty and perfume every day things get slightly more insane. Here's a selection of signs one is married to a beauty blogger:

1. You start using words like "swampy" to describe scents.
2. You can detect a shoddy blending job.
3. At some point you've had a brow product tested on your face.
4. You find yourself at a beauty industry party discussing product packaging. And you actually have an opinion.

5. You can date a sealed vintage Lanvin by the wrapping paper. It's a skill that comes in handy at estate sales.
6. You know that Hada Labo and Chikuhodo are not types of sushi.
7. You recognize Lisa Eldridge's face. And voice.
8. You've been to the upper level at the Serge Lutens Salon in Paris.
9. You know what "Instagram brows" are, and you're thankful your wife doesn't sport them.
10. You may be holding the world record for assembling an Alex dresser.
11. You know the difference between AHA and BHA. You may or may not have a product that contains them. Sometimes you even use it.
12. You once explained what's natural ambergris to your mother. You regretted it.

Cute post. I keep giving my fiancé cologne samples, but he never wears them. He doesn't seem to care about my perfume ever except once...I sampled Amazing Grace by Philosophy which I didn't like but got a sample from somewhere and I thought I'd try it and he asked what I was wearing and I told him and was surprised he asked. He then said it smelled like scented toilet paper(anyone old enough would remember that product). I never wore it again.

The upper level is where a) they host press and grant interviews (not with the man himself, but with the boutique manager), and b) they have the famous purple restroom. Which I didn't get to use (or photograph).

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